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Prescription drugs

No more paper scripts: Doctors required to send prescriptions electronically to pharmacies starting next week

by Mar 22, 2016
The law is intended to cut down the number of fraudulent and stolen prescriptions, which will in turn combat prescription drug abuse, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Prescription drug take-back event collects 100+ pounds of meds as local youth abuse declines

by Sep 29, 2015
Deaths from prescription drugs are now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, outnumbering even traffic fatalities.